Her gay brother, Frank, an unemployed scholar of Proust, is temporarily living with the family after having attempted suicide. Sheryl Hoover is an overworked mother of two living in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The screenplay was written by first-time writer Michael Arndt.
Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American black comedy road film and the feature film directorial debut of the husband–wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.